(Mis)Uses of Technology

(Mis)Uses of Technology

by Mike Masnick




Sending FaceMails

from the creepy dept

We've mentioned in the past the idea of using virtual avatars to represent you at meetings. We even mentioned the company LifeFX in that article. Now, it appears that they've launched a product called Facemail that will create an avatar who will read your mail to you (and they'll even respond to emoticons). The review indicates that the people are a little creepy.

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  • Sep 5th, 2006 @ 4:03pm

    no comment

    by ®idiculous ©rap

    Gee whiz, Mike, were there actually little-to-no comments in 2001? Or did the user comments get lost in your site's update a few month's back?

    Kind regards,
    ®idiculous ©rap

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    • Sep 5th, 2006 @ 7:25pm

      Re: no comment

      Gee whiz, Mike, were there actually little-to-no comments in 2001? Or did the user comments get lost in your site's update a few month's back?

      There were a lot fewer comments back then... usually not zero, but there were certainly some stories without any comments.

      (reply to this comment) (link to this comment)

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